eng: Ypres

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has URIhttp://lexvo.org/id/term/eng/Ypres
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means(noun) battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery
third battle of Ypres, Ypres, battle of Ypres
means(noun) battle in World War I (1915); Germans wanted to try chlorine (a toxic yellow gas) as a weapon and succeeded in taking considerable territory from the Allied salient
Ypres, second battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres
means(noun) battle in World War I (1914); heavy but indecisive fighting as the Allies and the Germans both tried to break through the lines of the others
Ypres, first battle of Ypres, battle of Ypres

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